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The present in~ention relates to a gold-containing
preparation for the production of ductile, highly poro~s
coatings on metal surfaces by sintering at 700 to 1050 C,
particularly for coating metallic parts of teeth in
dentistry, of the type consisting of 1 to 10% by weight of a
pore-~orming agent, so to 99% by weight of a mixturè composed
of 50 to 95% by weight o~ gold powder, 5 to 50% by weight of
an organic binder and solvent and when required admixtures of
metal and/or ceramic powders. -~-
- 10 In a composite structure of metallic parts with
inorganic or organic materials the shape and the malleability
of the contact surfaces are very important for the quality of
the adhesion. For an intimate mechanical interlocking, a
suitable surface profile with a high proportion of undercuts
is essential. Compressible and/or ductile intermediate
layers are favoured for a clamp fit and for reducing
; mechanical stresses in the connecting zone.
Since an improved composite material directly results in
; a higher service reliability and longer service life, there
exists a need, particularly in dentistry, for contact
surfaces that provide a compressible coating or for an
intermediate layer capable of being infiltrated for
combination with other materials for the preparation of the
surface of metallic parts that are to be fitted in or
cemented stress~free or faced with plastics.
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For example, DE-OS 37 41 847 describes a root pin
provided with a porous compressible layer of fine gold which,
upon inserting the pin with a defined pressure, can be
compressed by plastic deformation and can thus produce a very
close, low-pressure contact with the root walls.
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When facing dental prosthesis structures of burned-on
alloys with dental ceramic materials, gold-containing ~
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intermediate layer materials are used with advantage, for
example, such as those described in DE-OS 28 51 729, DE-OS 30
27 472 and DE-OS 3Q 27 473. The porosity resulting in the
intermediate layers using these preparatiorls usually suffices
for mechanically intelocking the coating layers and for
buffering the s-tresses. However, in individual cases a more
extensive in~elocking of intermediate-layer m~terial and
facing ceramics is required.
When facing dental prosthesis structures with plastics,
a procedure that also is used in dentistry, the formation of
; crevices and fissures between the facing plastics and the
metallic structure constitutes a ~undamental problem in which
the above-mentioned preparation does not provide structurally
suitable intermediate layers.
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Apart from various proposals, in khe literature as for
example, the use of macro or micro retentions; coating with
silanes, silicon dioxide or tin, DE-GM 82 07~05 describes a
gold preparation that ls mixed with ceramics particles. Upon
burning on the ceramics particles at temperatures of between
950 and 1100 C the ceramic portion is subsequently dissolved
out with hydrofluorie acid. The high sintering temperature, ;
which is not beneficial for the alloys normally used for the
plastics facing, and the use of hydrofluoric acid that is
: required for dissolving out the oxide-ceramic constituents
and is a health hazard, are disadvantages.
The problems encountered in the metal-ceramics composite
structures are similar to those in the adhesive bridge
technology. In the latter case an improved micro-retention
of the adhesive layer on the metal structure also results in
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a reduction in the failure rate. While chemical or
electrochemical etchings result in suitable surface
microstructures only in a small number of heterogeneous non-
` metal alloys, a retentive intermedia~e layer on homogeneous
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and highly corrosion-resistant noble metal alloyæ also
- renders them applicable to the adhesive bridge technology.
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Since for most cases of application only intermediate
layer materials having a high resistance to corrosion per se
are suitable, gold is the principal component of this kind of
material.
It is an object of the present invention to develop a
gold-containing preparation for the production of ductile
highly porous coatings on metal surfaces by sintering at 750
', 10 to 1050 C, particularly for covering metallic parts in
`~ dentistry, i.e. a preparation consisting of 1 to 10% by
weight of a pore-forming agent and 90 to 99% by weigh of a
mixture composed of 50 to 95% by weight of gold powder and 5
to 50% by weight of organic binders and solvents and when
required admixtures of metal and/or ceramics powders taht
provides a high bond strength for plastics as well.
According to the present invention this object is
` achieved in that a powdered material which suddenly
decomposes or evaporates at the sintering temperature and
escapes without leaving a residue is used as pore-forming
agent.
Known preparations such as those described in DE-OS 30
27 472 and DE-OS 30 27 473 are used as starting material and
1 to 10% by weight of the pore-forming agent are added to 90
to 99% by weight of said preparations. A plastics and/or wax
powder that suddenly evaporates or decomposes at 700 to 850 C
within a few milliseconds and escapes from the layer within a -
period of 2 to 5 minutes without leaving a residue is
~, preferably used. It has been found that powders having a
maximum particle size of 1 mm are particularly suitable and
that it is favourable to use two fractions of powders, i.e.
50 to 99% by weight having a size of 350~m and 1 to 50~ by
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weight a size oE between 350 to 800~m. The addition of 65 to
75% by weight of powder particles of up to 350~m and 25 to
35% by weight of powder particles of between 350 to 700~m is
particularly favourable. Furthermore, it is favourable to
use globular particles and to add 3 to 7~ by weight of
particles of pore-for~ing agents.
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For example, polymethyl-metacrylate particles may be
used as plastics powder and dental wax powders according to
DIN 13 908 may be used as wax powders.
For example, a mixture of 100 parts by weight of a
preparation according to DE-OS 30 27 473 and 5 parts by
weight of a dental wax powder according to DIN 13908 that
consists of 70% of pellets having diameters of up to 350~m
and 30% of pellets having diameters of between 350 and 700~m
is sintered onto parts of gold-palladium-based alloys and
parts o~ silver-palladium based alloys for 2 to 5 minutes at
700 to 850 C.
Depending on the application there are obtained cohesive
coatings having a thickness of 25 to 350~m with a large
portion of predominantly open pores without perceptible
effect of the type of alloy used as substrate.
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The retentive gold coatings thus produced can be readily
~ and permanently bonded with facing ceramics and particularly
I also with facing plastics. The bond thus resulting
surprisingly has a stability and a crack resistance that are
so high that in the case of one-sided plastics facings of
alloy pellets they g~t warped due to the polymerization
shrinkage of the plastics, which does not peel down the
~, pellets in the usual manner. This unexpectedly stable bond
` 30 is still intact even upon storage for several weeks in de-
;~ ionized water at room temperature so that a substantial
extension of the service life is attained.
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